Netflix Player, Movies On Demand.

May 31, 2008 · Filed Under Gadgets, Tech

I was just reading an article about Netflix’s new box where you could watch movies on demand. In the same way Apple TV and other products work; you could download movies and videos to watch on your television. The obvious difference is that Netflix is known for their wide range of movies and TV Series available. But because of the broadcasting rules and what not, Netflix only has 10% of the movies available through the box. Hopefully this is something that could change in the future.

The box itself only costs $100 dollars and it is available to regular users that pay the monthly fee to order movies by mail. It is said that it is easy to install and use. You only need a broadband wired or wireless connection to use it. The quality of the movies isn’t great and no where near High Definition. But in a few years if broadband grows and Netflix could work out something with the studios then this might be the greatest product of all times. People want things on demand. This would be revolutionary, the fact that you could pick between 100,000 movies (old and new) and have it in your Television at the time you desire is great. With this I could picture them selling them to users in a way where it would store the movie to system in a better quality. I see great improvement to this.

Yasser

Tags: Broadcasting, Movies, netflix, television